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Furnace Creek (Death Valley)

Description: Death Valley, California / Census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County

Newest Review: ... we had visited the previous evening and this gave us a sense of how vast this area was with no towns or even the occasional house in sight. You could also see the hiking path, which takes you on to Golden Canyon, but again it was much too hot to think about attempting this. Unlike the beautiful mixture of colours we saw in Artist's Palette on the other side of these mountains, this area was ... more

... all a golden yellow shade that shone out against the glare of the hot sun. From a distance this area looks like lots of sand dunes but when you get closer you realise that it is all made up from rocks. It's a pretty amazing site and well worth the hi...more

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Furnace Creek (Death Valley): As Hot As Dante's Inferno (2290 words)
by - written on 24/09/07 (Very useful, 155 readings)
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***Background*** At the end of my last review my hubby and I were just finishing off a wonderful day looking at the attractions down Badwater Road and seeing a gorgeous sunset at Artist's Palette. After a restful night's sleep at the Motel 6 in Beatty and a filling breakfast at the neighbouring Stagecoach Casino we were ready to finish our exploration of the Furnace Creek area and head on to Las Vegas. We had planned our route in advance as the attractions I am about to describe were all on Route 190 on the way to Pahrump and then Vegas. This is one of many roads into Vegas from Death Valley but it suited us the best as we had heard that we would get some ... Read the complete review